Quote from: vlom on May 18, 2018, 07:57:59 PM

Quote from: frerejaak on May 17, 2018, 08:08:53 PM

Quote from: vlom on May 17, 2018, 07:48:49 PM

i am not out of somn. i am out of taking into account to start a master node. I bought my somn tokens @2000 sats and hope that i would have enough to be able to run the node.
and now they have to tell us why you need so many tokens. until now only the amount was published.

masternodes provide stability to the network and a locked supply to facilitate trades (like a bank pretty much). You can't expect them to allow 10K holders or something to run nodes like that.

why? what is the difference between a reliable node with 10k and one with 100k? just because you think that it is more likely to stopp running it if you have less coins?

I see where you are coming from. And I think there are many very passionate and knowledgeable SONM hodlers and supporters like you, who would have loved to be able to create and maintain masternodes. They are understandably disappointed. I guess stability of the nodes might have been an important consideration for the SONM team, and hence the high numbers of 100k and 500k for masternodes. I was already expecting these numbers after Igor mentioned in the last Q&A call that they are planning on around 100 gate keeping nodes.
I think the team is gravitating close to the LISK DPOS masternode model (voting, gatekeeping, etc.). Though the SONM team will give all the details in the next few days.